ACT in Context: The Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Podcast

ACT in Context is freely available to anyone, and its episodes will take listeners on a journey from the history and development of ACT through its clinical application and the future of the work. This podcast will primarily focus on ACT, but it will often touch upon several related issues such as behavioral principles, the underlying theory of language (Relational Frame Theory) and philosophy of science. We hope that informal learners, potential consumers, researchers and clinicians alike find it useful.

The Hosts (Episodes 12- ):

Joanne Steinwachs & Tim Gordon

The Hosts (Episodes 1-11):

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Weekly, JoAnne Dahl, Ph.D., has been putting together an amazing podcast series, ACT: Taking Hurt to Hope. She has well over 50 episodes (I've lost count) and has new ones coming out all of the time. She digs deep into ACT for both the self-help and the therapist audience. She has fantastic guests and covers an enormous array of topics within ACT/RFT/CBS. She has made a podcast that we wish ACBS had done, but it was all JoAnne. Congratulations and thank you JoAnne for all that you do!

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This episode is a continuation from our last (part 1) discussing the implications of treating complex trauma from an acceptance and mindfulness approach with ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) and other allied approaches (including using RFT to understand trauma and sensory issues including 'body memories,' and DBT for self-regulation and coping with skills training).

This week we discuss the ins and outs of understanding how to treat complex trauma from an acceptance and mindfulness approach with ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) and other allied approaches (including using RFT to understand trauma and sensory issues including 'body memories,' and DBT for self-regulation and coping with skills training).

Jenna is a long-time ACT practitioner who is a co-founder at the Portland Psychotherapy Clinic. Apart from being a luminary in the world of contextual behavioral science, giving advanced workshops on building expertise with ACT skills, and valuing in ACT, Jenna has co-founded an innovative private clinic in Oregon that offers psychotherapy as well as does private research and has set up their own research ethics review process.

Jessica is a clinician, has conducted grant funded research, is an award winning author, and ACT expert who integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for behavioral medicine as well as other behavioral approaches for helping people with health issues, chronic pain, weight loss, stress, and sleep. Most recently, Jessica has been passionate about self-publishing a self-help, low-cost, ebook.

Glenn is an expert in behavioral therapies, having authored early publications on Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP)—a sister science to ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy). On the podcast, Glenn discusses applying behavioral concepts and basic science in general to direct practice.

Patti is an extraordinary woman who has accomplished a lot and continues to make new developments in the world of treating many stuck clinical populations. In this first reboot episode of the ACT in Context Podcast, Patti takes us back through the history of learning ACT during its most earliest development (comprehensive distancing) and collaborating with Steven Hayes in the development of the core processes and the goal—purpose of targeting processes for psychological flexibility.
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The ACT in Context Podcast is back! Beginning in October of 2018 new episodes will be posted regularly. Producted by Marcel Tasara, hosted by Joanne Steinwachs and Tim Gordon, ACT in Context is being offered as both a traditional podcast with audio and as a video podcast (available on YouTube). Just search for ACT in Context Podcast.

In this episode, Louise Hayes, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist and academic at the University of Melbourne, Australia, discusses the use of ACT principles for therapeutic intervention with adolescents. She describes how to make ACT fun and interesting for this age group, as well as the unique challenges of doing this work effectively.
About Dr. Hayes

In this episode, Robyn D. Walser, Ph.D., of the Dissemination and Training Division of the Dept of Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD and former president of ACBS, speaks to Jen and John about an ACT approach to treating individuals who have survived trauma and who struggle with post-traumatic stress. Listen and learn with Robyn as she discusses the role of acceptance, mindfulness, and values-based work to help individuals learn to live with, and live far beyond, their trauma histories.
About Dr. Walser:

In this episode, Daniel J (DJ) Moran, Ph.D., of Pickslyde Consulting, and co-author of the book ACT in Practice: Case Conceptualization in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, discusses committed action, or the behavioral "meat" of ACT. Join Jen and John as they discuss bringing it all together, using behavioral principles, behavior therapy techniques, and the other 5 ACT process to promote patterns of behavior that are vital and healthy.
About Dr. Moran:

In this episode, Joanne Dahl, Ph.D., Associate Professor and senior lecturer of Psychology at University of Uppsala in Sweden and co-author of the book The Art and Science of Valuing in Psychotherapy: Helping Clients Discover, Explore and Commit to Valued Action Using Accceptance and Commitment Therapy, discusses personal values from an ACT perspective. Join Jen and John as they identify values and learn about leading a life directed by values, even when life is challenging. About Dr. Dahl:

In this episode, Kelly Wilson, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Mississippi, and co-author of the original ACT book, discusses contacting the present moment from an ACT perspective. Join Jen and John as they practice noticing and being present with Dr. Wilson throughout this intriguing look at present moment awareness as it relates to our own experiences, as well as being with others in a deeply connected way.
About Dr. Wilson:

In this episode, Jen and John talk with Russ Harris, MD about the process of defusion in ACT. Listeners will go on a journey of discovering the tricky aspects of language and thinking, and learn skills that can be used to become less caught up in thoughts so that they can live more free and meaningful lives.
About Dr. Harris:

In this episode, Jen and John talk with one of ACT's founders, Steven C. Hayes, PhD, professor of psychology at the Univesity of Nevada, Reno. Dr. Hayes discusses the historical factors within psychoanalysis, behaviorism, and the cognitive therapy movement that led to the development of ACT. He also sets the stage for our listeners to understand a bit about what Contextual Behavioral Science means, and how it relates to ACT and RFT.

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